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Sanitary Administration of the District.
Committee or Board, each district being represented
according to rateable value.
"The three hospitals could be combined, or two only.
If all three were combined, Ealing Hospital could be
set aside as an Infectious Hospital for all the three districts,
there being 100 beds available normally and
150 in epidemic times, Brentford Hospital being kept
available as an overflow hospital, to be staffed and used
only when the emergency necessitates its use. Chiswick
Hospital would thus be freed, and could be used as
a Maternity Hospital, which is so much needed in Ealing,
and, I believe, needed in Chiswick and possibly Brentford.
"If Brentford is unwilling to come in, and one is
led to consider this on account of the attitude of the
representatives at the Conference, then the Ealing
Hospital could easily deal with infectious cases from
Chiswick and Ealing, the Chiswick Hospital being
freed to take in maternity cases from both Ealing and
Chiswick.
"In a combination, one must consider the possible
displacement of the staff. As to the first combination,
the Matrons of the Ealing and Chiswick Hospitals
could remain as they are and the Matron of the Brentford
Hospital could be appointed Deputy Matron of either
the Ealing or Chiswick Hospital.
"With regard to the Medical Staff, Brentford has
Dr. Bott, M.O.H., as superintendent and medical
attendant, Chiswick has Dr. Brebner, M.O.H., as
superintendent and medical attendant, and Ealing has
the M.O.H. as superintendent and his assistant as
medical attendant. If Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals
were combined, the medical staffing could remain the